THE REVIEWS ARE ARE COMING IN!! Movie Curiosities: In A World… So here’s In A World…, obviously, the movie works as a Hollywood satire to some degree. But at the same time, it works as a parody. The most obvious example is “The Amazon Games,” which was clearly designed as an exaggerated mash-up of every blockbuster made by Hollywood in the past few years. Even better, Bell got Eva Longoria and Cameron Diaz to show up and help make fun of themselves. By and large, however, the comedy in this movie is deliberately awkward. So much of this screenplay is comprised of characters making themselves and/or others look like fools through dialogue. But at the same time, this sort of humiliation is never mean-spirited. In fact, it’s rather charming. As for Lake Bell, she does a fine job playing her character and serving as the film’s anchor. I’ll also say that Bell proves herself as a phenomenal voice actor. It was a lot of fun to watch her slip from one voice to another, and it was sort of funny watching her use a tape recorder to collect the accents of total strangers. Really, the voice-over segments are easily the strongest part of this film. It certainly helps that the movie features appearances by such great voice artists as Melissa Disney, Marc Graue, Joe Cipriano, and Mark Elliott. There’s also Fred Melamed, who has thirty years of experience going behind the mic for various commercials and sports broadcasts. As for Ken Marino, he’s another prolific character actor with plenty of voice-over credits to his name. All told, I really enjoyed In A World… It’s charming, sweet, funny, well-performed, and provides some very novel satire about the film industry. It’s a remarkable writing/directing debut for Lake Bell. The voice-work in itself makes this film worth an easy recommendation. Keep an eye out for this one and give it a shot.
Posted on: Wed, 28 Aug 2013 05:45:44 +0000
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